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The Commissioner and the Department of Public Health shall assume all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the former commissioner and department of the environment related to permitting and enforcement, including:
(a) All personnel, books, records, property and funds related to permitting and enforcement;
(b) The administration of any federal, state, local or private grant or loan programs, except to the extent prohibited by the grantor or grant agreement, related to permitting and enforcement; and
(c) The rights and duties under existing contracts, appropriations, grant agreements, redevelopment agreements, leases, indentures or other agreements or ordinances related to permitting and enforcement.
All rules issued by the former commissioner of the environment relating to permitting and enforcement, in effect as of January 1, 2012, shall remain in effect until amended or repealed by the Commissioner of Public Health.
(Added Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 6-6-12, p. 28652, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-165. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, repealed former § 2-112-120, which pertained to resident's objections.
The Commissioner may cause all persons reported to it as having, or suspected of having a communicable disease, to be examined, and may impose such restrictions upon, and exercise such supervision over such persons as shall be necessary to protect other persons. To aid in securing the isolation of a person having, or suspected of having, a communicable disease, the Commissioner may cause a notice of the disease to be placed upon or near the house, apartment, or building in which the person is sick. No person shall deface, alter, conceal, mutilate, destroy, or tear down, any such notice without permission from the Commissioner, and every occupant of the house, apartment, or building upon which, or near which, the notice is placed, shall be responsible for the removal of the notice. The Commissioner may cause a person having, or suspected of having, a communicable disease to be removed to a hospital or other safe place. The Commissioner may cause a person having or suspected of having, a communicable disease to be provided with suitable nurses and medical attention, at such person's own expense if such person is able to pay for the same, but if not, then at the expense of the City.
(Prior code § 9-13; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-170. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-130 as current § 2-112-080.
The Department shall keep on hand at all times, so far as is practical, a sufficient quantity of antitoxins and vaccines to permit the treatment or immunization of any person who may apply for treatment or immunization. No charge shall be made for treatment with antitoxin or by immunization and the Commissioner shall issue a certificate of immunization to any child who shall have been immunized and who shall require such a certificate for admission to a public or private school.
(Prior code § 9-14; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-180. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-140 as current § 2-112-090.
The Commissioner shall not pass any rule which will compel any person to submit to immunization or to any medication against his will or without his consent, or in the case of a minor or other person under disability, without the consent of his parent, guardian, or conservator, except when there shall be an epidemic of a disease, or an epidemic is or appears to be imminent, and such a rule is necessary to arrest the epidemic and safeguard the health of the City.
(Prior code § 9-15; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-190. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-150 as current § 2-112-100.
The Department shall have power to cause any building or any premises to be cleansed, disinfected, or closed to visitors and prevent persons from entering thereto while any such building or premises contains any person having communicable disease. The Commissioner may direct any nuisance to be abated, or unwholesome matter or substance to be removed from any building or premises, and may prescribe the time and mode of doing so, and take any other measures it may deem necessary and proper to prevent the spread of any communicable disease.
(Prior code § 9-16 (a); Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-200. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-160 as current § 2-112-110.
The Department shall have the power and is hereby authorized to cause the vacation of buildings and/or premises where such buildings or premises, or any portion thereof, are found to be unfit for human habitation from any of the conditions deemed as health, safety, or environmental hazards.
(Prior code § 9-16 (b); Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-210. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-170 as current § 2-112-130.
The Department is hereby authorized to investigate all premises where business and/or manufacturing is carried out for the purpose of determining that such premises are free from health and safety hazards which might affect the health and safety of persons employed therein or of the general public who may enter such premises.
(Prior code § 9-16 (c); Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-220. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-180 as current § 2-112-140.
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